Solid brass cast with a high polished gold plate. These findings were cast here in the USA early 1993. American quality. Every once in a blue moon I decide to drag out some old findings from my egyptian stash. I could make these again but most likely would use lapis or turquoise next time. For this set I used genuine malachite beads and some vermiel (gold plated sterling) spacer beads. The rest is composed of gold plated findings. Never worn